The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 14, 1924, Page 4

Page Four BALLAM ISSUES FINAL REPORT ON THE DAILY DRIVE Urges United Effort to Complete Big Fund One final united push and “The Daily Worker” campaign for $100,- 000 will be ended successfully, de- clares John J. Ballam, manager of the campaign. Only $7,500 is needed to reach the goal. “If everybody gets together and pushes for two weeks we will be able to close the drive successfully. With the paper coming out every day that should not be hard. When the few party members who have not yet bought their shares of stock see the first ceuple of issues of The Daily I am sure they will want to be part owners of it. The drive for the sustaining fund for The Daily is the greatest drive conducted by our put on and must make it a success,” Ballam said in his final appeal. _ ‘The financial statement which ac- companied the appeal follows: FINANCIAL STATEMENT DAILY WORKER _ CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Cash Recei d_ Expenditures—Aug. 28, 1923 to Dec. 22, 1923 CASH RECEIPTS Paid Applications for Preferred Stock— @) Full Payments .....§50,808.75 %b) Partial Payments .. 187.00 ¢) Finnish Federation, 9,821.91 $60,81 oah Donations Stock and Donations (unclassified) Pennant sales Wovy 7th subs to Daily Worker. Tirtertest en bank deposits... wes to. ‘Dec. 22, 1988. ...$71,497.15 we financial report of THE ‘RXER CAMPAIGN COM- + sagegs the results of , the Gites conducted by our = Gets) ineome of the drive, re- MtsoctSy by this office, is today Jan, 21th) $75,418.28. Up to Dec. ted, the sum of $71,497.18 was re- esived, and since then $3,921,413 tmak- img the total, at the time this report | is made, $75,418.28. To this sum must ke added $15,000 from the Fin- nich Federation, completing their gneta; mnd $2,000 pledged by the Italian Federation. This makes a total for The Daily Worker Drive of $92,418.28. LEE eeteeetet| $ | eee $ THE WORKERS PARTY HARLEM |" s*HE PARTY AT WORK Membership Is Informed on Big — Problems Confronting the Party bership in a letter directed to a such exist It is as follows: * * The dise press of the a Communist Intern; Recognition of Soy t Russia, RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSL elected by each Party organization at once for the arrangement of such a meeting. The hall should be secured and the National Office notified and a speaker will be assigned immediately. The advertising for these meetings should contain the slogans RECOGNI- TION OF SOVIET RUSSIA and THE WORKERS PARTY ANSWERS SECRETARY OF STATH HUGHES. It should be possible for our Party to arrange at least fifty mass meet- ings on Feb, 2, and fifty mass meet- 3 /ings on a single day on this issue will be a triumph for our organization and will strengthen the support for RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUS- this work as only three weeks remam. The meetings should be well adver- tised both thru leaflets and in ‘an- nouncements im the local newspapers. Campaign for Protection of Foreign Born The Third National Convention of the Party reaffirmed the declaration of the Second National Convention, pledging the Party to carry on a campaign for the protection of foreign-born workers against excep- tion laws. This campaign becomes of immediate importance in view of the fact that President Coolidge recom- mended in his message to Congress that all foreign-born workers be reg- istered and legislation to this effect ig now pending in Congress. There is also pending legislation which pro- poses that immigration to the United | States in the future shall be on a con- tract basis; that is, that workers shall be brought from European countries under contract to work in certain in- dustries. Both of these proposed laws re- : $ Finnish B-anch Sends zx S . GREETINGS © i. fo THE DAILY. WORKER, the first Communist daily published in 24 present a great danger to. the whole A meetings. SIA. Prompt action is required.for | tliese la IH i gates to this conference. |ferenee a representative Executive {Committee should be elected which é . “ SeleeteenMtetoeteetotetteeteteets | porary committee ig organized and Working CLASS MOVeMeiL OF ums coun try, native-born and foreign-born and it should be possible to rally wide isses of workers in protest against se laws. To organize the opposition against these laws, the Party has decided to initiate organization of Councils for the Protection of Foreign-Born Work- ers. The method of procedure in or- ganizing these councils locally should be as follows: A. The Local Party organization should bring into existence a tem- Perary committee representing the trade union movement, foreign-born organizations, and workers’ political organizations. This committee should send out a call for a city conference to organize the opposition against the exception laws above described. All tyade unions, fraternal organizations, and organizations of foreign-born of every kind, and workers’ political par- ties should be invited to send dele- the En glish-an- At the con- guage. will conduct the work of fighting .|these laws thru mass meetings, cir- | cularization of literature, resolutions, Bs ete. ° | B. At the same time that this tem- Lithuanian Branch, Workers Party, ELIZABETH, N. J., congratulates THE DAILY WORKER and wishes it the best success. LONG LIVE THE DAILY, WORKER! Workmen’s Circle, ; Branch-89 congratulates the birth of THE DAILY WORKER, r We wish you success in . the struggle for a proceeds with its work, each Federa- t*\tion of the Party represented in a 3 jgiven city should organize at once ja conference of all organizations of \their language group in their city. | That is, the Russian, German, Jewish | Party Branch or Party Branch of any *! other language section .should sur- ¢ | round itself with all the existing or- . | ganizations of that language group in ab language section of the local *|COUNCIL FOR PROTECTION OF |THE FOREIGN-BORN. The lan- guage section thus organized should %|\then send delegates to the general % | city conference. There will be sent to City Central *| Committees and District Organizers with this letter a to be issued by temporary com- mittee in your city as the basis of organization of the leoal council for protection of foreign-born workers. This manifesto should be mailed to the various organizations invited to participate and printed in leaflet form for general distribution among the workers of your city. The campaign for protection of foreign-born workers offers a great eenervenity to build up a mass move- i }ment, but in order to take advantage H | 0: 4 opportunity we must act | quickly, as the legislation may come before Congress any day for adop- | {tion. The whole Party strength must | be thrown into this campaign immedi- ately if we are to make a sucsess of it, ° Oar Labor Party Campaign The Third National Convention. of the Party ved of the work of the Central jutive Committee dur- ing the previous year.in aiding to bring into existence a Farmer-Labor Party in this country and specifically roved the July 3rd conventton and @ organization of the Federated Farmer-Labor Party. The immediate work before our Party, to carry further the Labor Party ign, is of a two-fold roposed manifesto | THE DAILY WORKER ll party branches by the party’s executive secretary, C. E. Ruthenberg. The work outlined will be carried on under the direction of the City Central Committees and District Organizations where The letter covers such questions as the Recognition of Soviet Russia, the campaign for the Protection of the Foreign- Born, the Labor Party Campaign and the Membership Drive. Rake RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA. in the ‘Senate of the United States and in the capitalist k of Secretary of State Hughes on Soviet Russia and the} mal. has aroused general interest in the question of ‘rhe Central Executive Committee of the Party has determined to take advantage of this situation to build up favprable sentiment for Soviet Russia and as a means of doing this, all CCCs of the Party are directed to arrange public meetings on Sunday, February 3rd, which are to be Committee should be ; A. According to the decision of | the National Convention, our Party ;must assist the Federated Farmer. Labor Party in the work of ergani: ing itself as a real political parcy. ; This means that in every place where |a branch of the Federated Farmer- Labor Party can be built up without | dividing the workers who are for a | Farmer-Labor Party, we should im- | mediately initiate a movement for the {organization of such a branch. It | means further that our Party mem- bership should, in all organizations of which they are members, raise the | question of affiliation with the Fed- lerated Farmer-Labor Party and se. jcure affiliation or endorsement of that Party by the respective organizations ito which they belong. ' The Federated Farmer-Labor Party has already se- cured the affiliation of close to 200,- 000 workers. If our Party throws it- self aggressively into the work of strengthening the Federated Farmer- the number of affiliated workers, and tasks of our organization. B. The Federated Farmer-Labor Party has united with the Farmer- Labor Parties of Minnesota, South Dakota, Washington and other or- ganizations, in calling a National Con- vention on May 80th at St. Paul, Min- nesota, for the purpose of nominating candidates for President and Vice- President and adopting a national platform. This Convention will be one of the most important events in the history of the labor movement in this country. Estimates of delegates likely to attend this Convention range from 1500 to two or three thousand. However, the Convention will not anlv have renresentation fram waa! ers’ organizations and orgenization4| of exploited farmers, but there are likely to come to the Convention rep- resentatives of the middle class such as small business men, professional men, ete. The question whether the Convention will represent the inter- ests of the exploited farmers and in- | dustrial workers will depend upon the strength of this group in the Conven- tion. Our Party stands for a class farmer-labor party and not for a Third Party dominated by the petty bourgeosie. We must help to carry on the work which will bring to the St. workers’ and farmers’ organizations in such numbers that their ideas will be written into the decisions of this convention. The call for the May 30th conven- tion will not be issued until February, but we can now begin our work of propaganda to build up ‘favorable sentiment for this Convention. While the question of election of delegates should not be raised until the call is actually out, we should create interest in the Convention by raising the ques- tion, emphasizing the need of a class Farmer-Labor Party and thus build- ing up sentiment favorable to its or- ganization. The Campaign for the May 30th Convention also offers the most favor- able situation for the organization of the Federated Farmer-Labor Party. Youth Views By HARRY GANNES DEPENDENCY NO MONOPOLY OF AGED. Cold weather in Chicago, revealed a particularly significant feature of the decadence of American capital- ism. Whereas heretofore the major- ity of the inmates of the Munic! pal bunking houses were old men, this year found most of them under 365; and a great number in the very prime of youth, To see able-bodied young men re- jduced to the lowest position of de- gradation moved even corrupt city job holders tq a burst of. protest, and a Phong, 3 was issued to stay away from Chicago. “No more jobs; un- employment is increasing.” What is the reason for the decline bls of the down-and-out prole- 2 The main cause is the A ("4 other, smaller cities the rapid dis- appearance of the much-heralded ery, forces baa the to migrate in searc Then, the ex-soldiers n he tirely absorbed into lon; and the number of disab) ind thoas Bo"nore healthy. ‘wasd sires were en- Labor Party we can quickly double | this is one of the chief immediate | January 14, 192+ Detailed information on the immediate political struggles con-| strengthened in the May 30th Con- fronting the Workers Party have been sent to the party mem-|Vention. The Federated Farmer-Labor Party is “ Lj Donon mcm oc O mm, a class Farmer-Labor Party, cage Lithuanians Hold Bi thd. G ti t | has not yet won the support of the . ir ay ree ings ‘Oo great masses of the American workers jand farmers. Thru strengthening the Successful Meet e Federated pleas aged by or- ‘ “Th D ] W. k 99 ganizing new branches, by securing i ey $ j |new affiliations and endorsements for | |The Lithuanian Federation of the : e al bd or er lit, the group which stands for the eben yeh has just cen class Farmer-Labor Party will be ak os Ai tition ag ian oe came - presented 81 Branches: of the Fede- ROXBURY, MASS. HARLEM FINNISH BRANCH ah “ : ’ 6 a The Farmer-Labor Voice 1200, Ton Premeet dilegere cre! John Fiumbund NEW YORK Beginning with the month of Jan-| seated with voice. John Liebery A. Niitynen |uary, the Federated Farmer-Labor| The report of the Central Executive] RR, Zelms John Lahti | Party will issue a newspaper twice a|Committee made by Comrade Abram. a. La ii x A Ja Matti A month under the name “The Farmer-|Jakira was accepted with enthusiasm 5 gski in nna Ja Matti Louhi |Labor Voice.” Our Party has trans-|by the Convention which pledged its| W. Lehris George Lahti ferred to the Federated Farmer-La-|full-hearted “support to the newly! (C. Zirnsl Aug. Sundman j bor Party the “Voice of Labor” ’and | elected Central Executive Committee. A. Gurzenvan Lauri Kaukonen | with the change of name as indicated| Thomas Myerscough made a very J hi Kaln A. Mikk above this paper will ‘become the | interesting report on the situation ‘in OAn eeen ry Storie | property of the Federated Farmer-La-| the United Mine Workers of America Leelman Eino Rissanen bor Party and its official oran. The|which counts within its ranks many Sormkaln Emil Saren farmer-Labor Voice” will be the | Lithuanian workers. The report was J. Eidler Jalmar Sunerva um to carry on propaganda and |accepted unanimously. M S. Martin K. Helke ‘ orgnization work for the Federated| The question of the Daily Worker i ay eager |Farmerysbor Party and in support | was made a special order of business. E. J. Sugar Mikko Myllynen of the May 30th Sonera ae to be renee tras es Aamran Y. Rautanen if The Perty units and Party mem- | Lithuanian comrades have for the last Fnegri i i bers are urged to give the organ of | few months shown a splendid spirit in Sphool nei — Kekkonen the Federated Farmer-Labor Party |support of the campaign for The “der aadt al 4 their_supvort by subseriding for it} Daily Worker... The Convention alzet A. Holm |and circulating it among the workers | adopted a resolution pledging itself . Putzal Matti Ohvo and farmers everywhere. oi ee, in its effortseto make Tupetzy J. N. Paasi :, See e Daily” a success. s 4 Osca: ilson | While ihe preci 4 immediate | The question of the Federation L. Tiefensor ¢ wi lescaetea press was given most careful con-| John Blumberg Anna Wilson political tasks of our Party, there is idérati Th lie John Bi Walli Ja Erick one campaign which must not be over- the eae rf le pol aa pursued by ohn Breede alll Ja Eric! Johnson looked in taking up this work, and | vot vere aap prest for fisg last} John Asberg Senja ja Wm. Salonen that is the\drive to increase our Party 5 Aer Majed bribes “ate ti new! Elsie Pultur August Kannel membership. | With the publication its Peibtas of bein pec Vike Pore in ME Thetisnn Tyyne Maki of the Daily we will have a new in- Ban, ei SO 1 rennta le, Fe aie Wi Exti fr strument thru which to carry on this feos hae contact with the F "Need, ine Ese berg | campaign. has kaa : ° ire mM | If our Party is to sete its great piel odpbi cr acren Ae tiptted T. Bueit Anton Ulvi |task we must add to our Party mem- nt r bership. At the Convention, the Cen- members as follows: Roy Mizara, QUINCY, MASS. John Niemi j Derahip. ui : secretary of the Federation; V, An- E. Pohjola tral Executive Committee reported drulis, editor of “Vilnis”: Frank Laura Rindell f o that the figures gathered showed 25,-| Bucky Gashiink di P. Zali k aS Herman Kyllanen Hj. Marttila< - 000 members on our Party rolls, altho | Veshis, F. Zal fe ace Chien . ! Aug. Mela the dues payments have not reached | Mizara was re-clested secretary by raid gee Saimi ja Niilo Mustonen that amount... Bach branch must see the new bureau, ¥ *Y! John Karpi W. Niemin |to it that every member pays dues x David Palmgren + Nieminen |regularly, and every branch must or- Alex Ahara John Sword |ganize itself to add to its membership. H Leo Drockila |In the letter received from the Com- The Waldo Holma Pekka Auer munist International, a Gries oe of Parmeter Charl Maki jour Party was congratulated on hav- hn tman |ing initiated the drive for new mem- SAN PEDRO BRANCH > Aatanen P. Lumme ‘bership and the Communist Interna- of the i N. Tammilehto tional borers the need of nigel CHICAGO, ILL. Raymond Wacklin ling up our Party organization for oe 2 |the great work ahead of us Workers Party — rye hide _— Mirjam ja Toivo The Membership drive must be one . - i. ghee Be lof the first taske of every Party unit, || Celebrate the birth of THE Harry Anderson Lauri, Aini ja Lauri Hyvonen |New ways ‘and means of bringing || DAILY 'WORKER and the Nelstengstrom Paul Jokinen Cine de eo the bg is “a A J. L. Nelson Imari Harjanne found. The Communist Internationa’ iona H oy $ . x said that every member of the Party raha 1 Liebknecht NORWOOD, MASS. Waino Wainola should at least bring one new mem- Day on January 19th, 8 Ella Hack Hjalmar Helenius ber into the Party. If we could ss Henry Hack L. Junttila achieve that goal we would immedi- || P, M., at headquarter’s Lizzie Koskela Elizabet ja John Suominen ately double our Party membership. Anna ja M. Wiskari We must gain at least ten thousand|/ hall, 72914 South Palos Matt. Koskela na ja M, new members and the drive for new Nestor Ylijoki Hilja Saxlin members must go along from month Verdes St. E. Hurma Hilja Kallio to month alongside of the political *W. Karki Naimi Carlson campaigns of or Wo Sete bs eRrErernY ATM Aena Pobicele — ~- prepared vA. APRURVARKIAIEY By Convention of the Party has Elizabeth B. Miller Anna Sneilman ~ th f h Party orgciization. The Quee ome Retta 0. Brissender ‘Ade Kuusela lined above constitutes the first task Branch 167. A Friend Hilma Hamailainen : the andguled bias Ag in- sites 2 Laura Brammin E. Leino uence an ui up oO - . ganization. : The whole Party ‘must || | Workmen’s Circle. REVERE, MASS. Ida Rihela immediately mobilize its strength for I. Katz Mary Werlpaa ward succenfuiiy “7 "|| We are with you in the |} Milton, Corty Anna Jantunen Fraternally your, struggle for emancipation — Aino ja Emil Svanson C. E. RUTHSNBURG, posi Jacob Gorvine Hialmar N | Executive Secretary || from capitalism and the Herman -Vosores Valse aigeies a Charles Schwartz NOTICE TO ALL PARTY UNITS fotabticenns ad a Com. Daniel Diamond T. Laukkanen All Party units are agan reminded munist society. Harry Diamond Vaino Pulli of the fact that the, Indutrial Regi. Israel Diamond i ja John Kiiveri rat an. are to be re e ‘ilma rone! the ° National Office ‘ithout any Mrs. B. Diamond oe > 4 Aino ja Amos Wax further delay. Only onechird of the branches have so far carted out the Hilma Lander instruction of the Centra Executive Greeting K. Makinen agertaage hic! wae my speetved s Regina Hykas y the National Conventon o: 1e Fe ‘oikka Party. The City Central ommittees and Best Wishes for — ja esa > which have not yet repoited to the a ja Aug. Wallen national Office the nam@ and ad- Success. Ellen ja Alex Tommio dresses of their City Indistrial Or- s Hellen Rahkonen ganizers must do so immeiately, a | f Watch the “Daily Workr” for the first instalment of “A Veek"”, the great epic of the Russian revolution, by the brilliant young Rusian writer, Igry: Libedinsky. It will start soon. Aino ja Aaro Savo Ida ja Waldemar Nurminen Hilma Maki iy ja Ivar Anttila Yrjo Luoma Hilma Heinolainen WORKERS’ SCHOOL | 127 University Place New York City. _ GREETINGS from JEWISH BRANCH, greater than the Amercan Legion has seen fit to advertise Too. add to this mes, General Hines has been training 71,000 war vets in semi-skilled is and are being thrown onto tl ed labor market by the tousands, Can Gomes aN oe the ee cessity of organizing th the trade ul ions? ae ~ FOSTER TO SPEAK FOt YOUTH ON LIEBICN ECR, K William Z. Foster neve overlooks an biasipoersak $ to reach he young rebels; and the young reolutionists never miss a chance to hear Bill peer pert ‘ork alwys great reliance in the yoth move- ment, and it will be an = u =" hear him talk on 'y bread. | dacht Saplatter | the" ¥